To love Jesus,
fully,
to really love His
ministry, His message
We need to see him,
as he was,
as he was seen in
the world
in His travels in
the land.
To see him as
homeless,
wandering
untethered,
outside the law, as
He was,
claiming deity,
fulfillment.
Speaking in
paradox, in parables
Messianic and
servant
pauper and King,
Christ claiming
His holy name.
To see him as holy,
divine,
to see him as man,
as a carpenter,
as teacher, as
prophet,
to see Christ as
God.
Complicated beyond
our comprehension,
human as the moment
in Temple,
tipping the tables
of the money-changers,
the moments, the
many times.
Reflection,
centering, time away,
up on the mountain,
by the sea,
communing with God
To worship our
brother, our Savior, our King
we must spent time
with him,
in Christ’s service
being His hands, His
feet,
His pen, writing His
words,
to be His voice, in
the world,
in the marketplace
of ideas.
Spreading justice, His
message, His love
reaching out to our
brothers, our sisters,
all around this
earth.
All of us
struggling, hoping
longing for the
day, that glorious day
of His coming again.
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edited
May 13, 2015
Balancing
Worship – Revised – v4
(editing
revised version again)
edited
November 25, 2014
Balancing
Worship – revised – v3
(editing
revised version again)
edited
June 30, 2014
Balancing
Worship – revised – v2
Revised
October 23, 2008
Balancing
Worship – revised
February
17, 2008
Balancing
Worship
Based
on Colossians 1:11-20
and
the sermon, “Imaging Jesus”,
by
the Reverend Lori Eldredge,
Wesley
United Methodist Church
Concord,
NH
November
25, 2007
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